33 thoughts on “WCW: Eleanor Bron

  1. You need shots of her in Patsy’s flashbacks in AbFab. “Take it [newborn Patsy} away, and bring me another lover!”

  2. What is the ‘dingus cat’s’ name.
    I was going to say Dr Who, but I’m not sure it was one of the history episodes. Of the list, I am going with Hound of the Baskervilles bc I enjoyed the movie and at the same time wasn’t sure if her character was part of the plot or Innocence. She has that badass don’t mess with me air even in Victorian clothing.

    But my all time favourite movie with her in it isn’t a Frock Flicks but has my all time favourite rock group in it. Hint: John, Paul, George and Ringo. You guessed it, The Beatles and the film, HELP!

    1. Also I think video of maybe Don’t Hide your love away? Or a Beatles music video anyway…

          1. Yass!! And for extra 1960’s fun, watch her in various guises in Bedazzled, with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

            1. Now I know why she looked no familiar with heavy eye makeup! The original Bedazzled is the best. Accept no imitations!

    2. The Doctor Who I remember most clearly was a tiny cameo with John Cleese at the end of “City of Death”, in which they were a pair of pretentious visitors to an art gallery in which (for reasons) the Tardis was parked. It disappeared and she said “Exquisite” in a way that certainly brought my house down! She was also in a later series, in the Colin Baker era, I think. Not historical, sadly, but she is always practically perfect in every way.

  3. I don’t think that the photo from A Month in the Country is her. She is listed as playing Natalya Petrovna who is the lead. I think that is a photo of Phyllis Calvert as one of the servants.

    1. That looked like Elizabeth Spriggs to me…………..Mrs Thingy in Emma Thompson’s “Sense and Sensabililty”.

  4. She’s such a handsome woman, so elegant, but also plays scary to perfection; imagine her as Mrs. Danvers! I’m afraid I best remember the hatchet job Russell did on her in “Women in Love” (much like the hatchet job Lawrence did on the character, “inspired” by Ottoline Morrell, one of his patrons, whose hospitality he graciously accepted).

  5. Kitty!

    ahem Of the above films, “A Little Princess” stands out the most in my mind. Even then though, I preferred the book. That movie’s climax was needlessly melodramatic compared to the text.

  6. It’s so funny that you picked her! I was watching one of the secret favorite movies Wimbledon with Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany (seriously, I challenge you not to swoon at the final tennis match scene!) and I took note of the actress playing his mom. She has such a strong, handsome face and so I went exploring on IMDB. She’s been in lots, but I think the one that really stuck out was A Little Princess.. She projects such reserve and authority.

    1. SarahV, Wimbledon is a movie that should not work, but somehow it does! I think it’s one of those movies where a top-notch cast with great chemistry elevates cliched material. I loved the parents in the film–even sexy old Sam Neill. So, now I’ll have to give this movie another viewing and keep an eye out for this actress–when I’m not keeping an eye out for Paul Bettany, James McAvoy, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; and Sam Neill!

  7. She plays a dreadful character in The Little Princess but that version has always been my favorite. One of the best scenes is when Sarah screams at her, “Didn’t YOUR father ever call you his little princess? Well, DIDN’T HE??” and you can see the emotional pain all over her face before she flounces out and slams the door. Good stuff.

  8. I would love an entire post about your dingus cat. Feel free to amuse us with animal antics. My two doofuses are really the only things keeping me close to sane right now.

  9. She was also a patient on the short-lived Casualty 1900s show! She was so good-natured to her nurse when my friend and I watched it we couldn’t believe Miss Minchin would be anything but cruel!

  10. Also, you should totally watch Women in Love for THAT SCENE. You know which one. Oliver Reed and Alan Bates. Even now, I can’t believe that was in a mainstream movie in 1969.

  11. I’ve never heard of this woman before. The picture that fascinates me most is the still from A Little Princess because it features a very young Liam Cunningham (aka Davos Seaworth from Game of Thrones)! I never watched the ’95 version of A Little Princess because the Shirley Temple version is my jam. If I ever watch any of these films, I’ll definitely keep an eye out for this lady.

    1. The 1995 A Little Princess is FABULOUS. It’s worth taking a look if only for a handful of the production crew: Alfonso Cuarón directed, Bo Belch did the production design, Patrick Doyle composed the score, Emmanuel Lubezki was DP, and Judianna Makovsky designed the costumes.

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